Possible causes of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in Pakistani population residing in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Iqbal, Romaina ^a   Khan, Aysha Habib ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; MELANIN; VITAMIN D;

BONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; IMMIGRANT; IRAN; ISOMERIZATION; KIDNEY; NORWAY; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SKIN; SRI LANKA; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VIET NAM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

HUMANS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 74849128284     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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